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www.spec.com.au HAMILTON SPECTATOR Thursday January 21 2016 3 Operation Amity: Police urge care by motorists SKYE GRIGG HAMILTON Police are pleading with drivers to take it easy on the roads over the Australia Day weekend. Seven people were killed and 76 seriously injured on Victorian roads over the three day period last year. Hamilton Highway Patrol Senior Sergeant Scott Williams said police would be out in force, saturating our roads. Operation Amity, running from January 23-26, will target speed, drink and drug driving, distraction, fatigue and seat belt offences. The operation will also focus on motorcycle safety after riders sustained about a third of all serious injuries, and one fatality, last Australia Day weekend. This year two motorcyclists, neither of whom was wearing a helmet, have been killed. Sgt. Williams said Operation Amity would be running state-wide. “It is aiming to reduce road trauma across this busy weekend. With the end of school holidays, and Australia Day celebrations we are expecting plenty of traffic on the road. “We want people to drive carefully, drive to the conditions and get home safely,” he said. “People need to just slow down and allow extra time for their journey”. Between 2011 and 2015 there have been 15 fatalities and 259 serious injury collisions across the Australia Day weekend state-wide, many of which have occurred on country roads. Adding to the carnage is those additional 6000 people who this year were hospitalised due to road trauma and who struggle to overcome serious injury. “We know by history that this is a bad weekend for us, so that’s the prompt to initiate the operation because each of these numbers has a story behind it, of a person who has been injured in road trauma, or the family of a person who has lost a loved one.” Across the south-west region, the police would be out in force, with an increased presence on our roads and an increase in drug and alcohol testing. Last week Sgt. Williams told The Spectator the frequency of drug driving cases, at a rate which was reflected across Victorian regions, showed there was a need for an education campaign similar to that of drink driving in years gone by. He said his mobile patrols tested 346 people in the Hamilton area last year, resulting in 93 positive tests and four refusals … equating to nearly one-in-three drivers drug tested returning positive results. “A certain percentage of drivers think its ok to get behind the wheel while under the influence. But a large proportion don’t realise how long it can stay in your body for. That’s what’s really shown up,” he said. Younger people who planned on a night out drinking or indeed using an illicit substance needed to embrace the idea of a responsible driver Sgt. Williams said. There was just one road death recorded in the Hamilton region last year and that was not alcohol or other drug related. But of 19 serious injuries in the Southern Grampians area in 2015, five involved drugs and three alcohol. Sgt. Williams warns motorists about the risks factors caused by distraction. HAMILTON Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum committee president Jim Ford and vice president Bill Sharp accept a new Southern Grampians Shire flag from Mayor Peter Dark to help the museum celebrate next month the 80th anniversary of Ansett Australia’s first flight. Photo: Billy Easson. Shire flag to fly proudly at museum REX MARTINICH HAMILTON’S Sir Reginald Ansett Transport Museum has received a new Southern Grampians Shire flag to help celebrate next month the 80th anniversary of Ansett Australia’s first flight. Southern Grampians Mayor Peter Dark presented the flag to volunteers at the Ballarat Rd museum on Tuesday. Lowan MP Emma Kealy presented the museum with a Victorian flag late last year and Wannon MP Dan Tehan will soon provide a new Australian flag. “It’s a pleasure to hand over the flag,” Cr Dark said. “The 80th anniversary of the first flight is a significant milestone and it’s fantastic that we have a museum to commemorate it. “It’s such a big part of Hamilton’s history.” On February 17, 1936, seven passengers and two crew members, including Sir Reginald “Mobile phones, other passengers, your navigation system or radio are the main things,” he said. He also encourages people to monitor fatigue over the weekend. “It’s important to plan your trip and have regular breaks and drive to the conditions. “Whether you are having a barbecue on the beach, a picnic at the Grampians, or camping with loved ones, I ask all Victorians to pledge to have fun and stay safe weekend and arrive home safely.” Operation Amity will run from January 23 until the end of January 26. puppy preschool enrol now! himself, travelled from Hamilton to Melbourne hand Fokker Universal FX-1 monoplane. By the late 1990s the company would grow to a fleet of 138 aircraft flying domestically and to New Zealand and South-East Asia. Ansett Australia once had a total share market value of over $1.7 billion in 2015 dollars but the company fell on hard times after being wholly acquired by Air New in a second- Zealand and was liquidated in 2001. Museum committee vice president Bill Sharp said he was “really grateful to have the shire flag to go along with our respective government flags”. “We’re looking forward to a fantastic 80th anniversary event with a lot of guests, the Pioneer clippers (from Ansett’s original coach company) and members of the Ansett family.” LAKESIDE SERVICE CENTRE Mark Nick Cayden Ruth Award winning and factory trained Technicians, providing servicing and mechanical repairs to most makes and models Also available VOLVO service and parts — CALL US ON 5572 1573 QUALITY • AFFORDABLE • RELIABLE 160119bj004 Michael Michelle Brett Glen Next door to KFC 5571 1202 Accredited Automotive Repairers 20-22 Riley St, Hamilton SDF0435516N SDF0452516N